ATLANTA (AP)—Thousands of Facebook users signed up to be organ donors last week, thanks to a new feature on the social networking site that makes it easier to register.

The new option was announced May 1 by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a way to boost the number of potential organ donors. By the end of the day, 6,000 people had enrolled through 22 state registries, according to Donate Life America, which promotes donations and is working with Facebook. On a normal day, those states together see less than 400 sign up.

NEW FEATURE—Robin Roberts, host of "Good Morning America," left, talks to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, during an interview in Menlo Park, Calif., which aired May 1, on "Good Morning America." (AP Photo/ABC, Rick Rowell)

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP)—Police in Jamaica have arrested six people accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from U.S. citizens through a lottery scam.

Saturday’s statement from police says that one of the men had more than $60,000 in an account believed to belong to the victims. Police also seized computers, information on the lottery scam and lists of U.S. victims, with their addresses and other personal information.

MAIL FRAUD—In this April 12, photo, mail sent in an effort to scam an 88-year-old retired Coast Guard officer.

(NNPA)—Mbathio Beye was crowned the first “Miss Black France” April 28 under a heavy cloud of controversy in the still racially-charged city of Paris.

The exclusive contest was created to celebrate Black beauty in a way traditional beauty contests failed to do, one organizer said.

FRENCH BEAUTY—Mbathio Beye, a 21-year-old Parisian student originally from Senegal, was elected “Miss Black France.” (Courtesy Photo).

The last time a woman of color took home the “Miss France” title was only three years ago in 2009 when Chloé Mortaud won—a biracial woman of African-American and French descent.

Week of May 9-15

May 9

1952—The boxer-turned-actor Canada Lee dies in New York City at the age of 45. Second only to the legendary Paul Robeson, Lee was the leading serious (non-comedic) Black actor of the 1940s. He gave impressive performances in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Lifeboat” (1944), the boxing classic “Body and Soul” (1947) and “Cry, The Beloved Country” (1951). However, like Robeson, Lee’s film career came to an end during the McCarthy Era when a host of Black and White stars, who were also social activists, were labeled communists and denied jobs.